50. Tracts can be adapted to share their message through various media to reach people and places that you cannot otherwise visit.

WAYS TO USE GOSPEL TRACTS

Hopefully the following list will give you some ideas of how you can put the “silent missionaries” to work. No matter where or how you choose to distribute tracts, seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit for each tract placed, and then pray for the Lord of the harvest to bless the seed sown.

51. Tracts can be placed in greeting cards.

52. Tracts can be passed out door to door.

53. Tracts can be shared with fellow campers.

54. Tracts can be posted on bulletin boards in public areas.

55. Tracts can be put in pockets of used clothing given away.

56. Tracts can be passed out at parades, festivals, and other special gatherings.

57. Tracts can be handed out at stadium entrances before sporting events, concerts, etc.

58. Tracts can be left in laundromats.

59. Tracts can be included in a mailing to people in your community—or around the world.

60. Tracts can be given to attendants at parking garages, toll booths, etc.

61. Tracts can be left in motel rooms (in the drawers, telephone book, etc.)

66. Tracts can be placed in tract racks in stores and other public places—with permission, of course.

67. Tracts can be enclosed with letters to prisoners, pen-pals, etc.

68. Tracts can be left with a (generous) tip in restaurants

69. Tracts can be given to hospital and nursing home patients while visiting.

70. Tracts can be handed out at zoos, picnic areas, and beaches.

71. Tracts can be left on a seat in a bus, cab, plane, etc.

72. Tracts can be left in a locker at the gym.

73. Tracts can be passed out on busy street corners.

74. Tracts can be given out on college campuses.

75. Tracts can be left in the break room or cafeteria at work or school.

76. Tracts can be left for paper and mail carriers, etc.

77. Tracts can be placed in each box or bag of merchandise you sell.

78. Tracts can be placed in airport lounges, or distributed in bus, train, and subway stations.

79. Tracts can be given to students at Vacation Bible School and Sunday School.

80. Tracts can be given away from booths rented during fairs or carnivals.

81. Tracts can be given with Christmas cookies (or gifts) to neighbors each year.

82. Tracts can be given to attendees of church choral programs at Easter and Christmas.

83. Tracts can be handed to anyone who has helped you at a store, given you a haircut, serviced your car, or worked in your house.

84. Tracts can be taken overseas on short-term missions trips in the language of the country being visited.

85. Tracts can be handed out during special community outreach programs and events like fall festivals, Christmas programs, etc.

86. Tracts can be placed on a business counter or in an office for people to pick up.

87. Tracts can be included in disaster relief packages.

88. Tracts can be placed in Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets that are given to needy community families.

89. Tracts can be included with Christmas cards and annual letters for a clear gospel witness.

90. Tracts can be given out during appointments with doctors and health care workers.

WAYS NOT TO USE GOSPEL TRACTS

When distributing the Gospel, be sure to do so in a way that brings glory and honor to God. With that in mind, here are some things to avoid.

91. Don’t litter—tracts left outdoors can easily blow around and become a nuisance to those who have to clean them up.

92. Don’t leave tracts in Post Offices or other places where literature is prohibited.

93. Don’t force tracts on people.

94. Don’t be rude when someone turns down your tract.

95. Don’t trespass.

96. Don’t leave tracts on houses or cars where they can get wet and make a mess.

97. Don’t leave a tract in place of a tip (or with a tip of less than 15%)—it is a very poor testimony.

98. Don’t use bad tracts. Make sure they are attractive and contain the true Gospel message.

99. Don’t use tracts that you haven’t read. Make sure to study the message (and all referenced Scriptures) so you are familiar with what you are distributing.

100. Don’t do it alone—seek God’s guidance and blessing at every turn.

“Nothing surpasses a tract for sowing the seed of the Good News.” –Billy Graham

“When preaching and private talk are not available, you need to have a tract ready . . . get good striking tracts, or none at all. A touching gospel tract may be the seed of eternal life. Therefore, do not go out without your tracts. Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing.” –Charles Spurgeon

“The smallest tract may be the stone in David’s sling. In the hands of Christ it may bring down a giant’s soul.” –Robert Murray M’Cheyne

Did you know that George Whitefield, a preacher of the Great Awakening, was saved by a Gospel tract? After reading it he wrote, “God showed me I must be born again or be damned.”

The great missionary to China, Hudson Taylor, was also saved by reading a tract.

God even used a Gospel tract as the tool that led Greg Koukl, founder of Stand to Reason, to Christ. He has stated that “some brave soul” put it in the bottom of his grocery bag while checking out.

The Five Solas of the Reformation

Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone)
The Bible is the only inspired, inerrant authority for Christian Faith, and it contains all knowledge necessary for salvation and holiness.

Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
Justification is by faith alone. The full righteousness of Christ imputed to us by faith (comprised of His active and passive obedience) is the sole ground of our acceptance by God, by which our sins are remitted.

Solus Christus (Christ Alone)
Christ is Prophet, Priest and King; the only mediator through whose work we are redeemed.

Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
Salvation comes by God's grace or "unmerited favor" alone — not as something merited by the sinner. This means that salvation is an unearned gift from God.

Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God Alone)
All glory is to be due to God alone, since salvation is accomplished solely through His will and action — not only the gift of the all-sufficient atonement of Jesus on the cross but also the gift of faith in that atonement, created in the heart of the believer by the Holy Spirit.

Based on SCRIPTURE alone, we can affirm that justification is by GRACE alone, through FAITH alone, because of CHRIST alone, for the GLORY OF GOD alone.